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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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Monotonic growth in global demand for critical metals to 2050 is the most prevalent trend. —Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. Zhang et al. Resources Chunbo Zhang et al.

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Study finds large-scale ramp-up in biofuel crops could result in warming in some tropical regions, cooling in temperate and polar regions

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Global land-use changes caused by a major ramp-up in biofuel crops—enough to meet about 10% of the world’s energy needs—could make some regions warmer, according to a new integrated modeling study by researchers from MIT and the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. We’ve found the greatest impacts occur at a regional level.

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. It will help slow global warming while also saving scarce natural resources.

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Live Blog: Tesla (TSLA) 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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However, Elon responds to the inquiry by stating that the annual global capacity is about 100 million per year. 15:14 PT – Elon proposes the carbon tax. Can there be a carbon tax, what the hell?” He notes that the Model 3 has become the best-selling premium vehicle globally. “I Unfortunately, the audio is lacking.

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Low-lying and other vulnerable countries calling for fast action on non-CO2 global warming pollutants

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Led by the tiny Pacific island of the Federated States of Micronesia, a growing group of low-lying islands and other vulnerable countries are calling for fast action on the approximately 50% of global warming that is caused by pollutants other than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). million lives lost each year due to black carbon soot.

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Documenting the EV battery material supply chain: Traceability challenges, Part One

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OPTEL uses globally-recognized standards to facilitate the sharing of data with partners and government regulators. Of course, the global depredations of the oil and agriculture industries are long-standing and well-documented, but as environmentalists, we need to hold ourselves to much higher standards. Q&A with OPTEL’s Ken Fallu.

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Korean consortium forming JV with Bolivian miner Comibol for lithium production in Salar de Uyuni

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The joint venture will also pave the way for Asia’s fourth-largest economy to take part in a project to develop lithium carbonate in the region, officials said. POSCO plans to bid for construction of lithium-carbonate manufacturing and processing facilities in Uyuni, it added. million tons, respectively. China and Argentina total 5.4

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